‘Tis the season for giving and sharing so that’s what I have planned for you. First, I will share some of my favorite December resources and freebies. Then, I will give one lucky reader a chance to grab something from my store for FREE (details below)!


Here are some of my other favorite read alouds during December, in no particular order (Titles & Authors Below):
The Polar Express (Van Allsburg)
Who Will Guide My Sleigh Tonight? (Pallotta)
Snowmen at Christmas (Buehner)
The Jolly Christmas Postman (Ahlberg)
Santa’s Stuck (Greene)
A Bad Kitty Christmas (Bruel)
The Twelve Dogs of Christmas (Kragen)
Santa’s Book of Names (McPhail)
How Santa Got His Job (Krensky)
How Santa Lost His Job (Krensky)
Olive the Other Reindeer (Walsh)
Mooseltoe ( Palatini)
Guess Who’s Coming to Santa’s for Dinner? (dePaola)
Hurry, Santa! (Sykes)
Bear Stays Up for Christmas (Wilson)
Merry Un-Christmas (Reiss)
What Santa Can’t Do (Wood)
Where Did They Hide My Presents (Katz)
Who Will Help Santa This Year? (Pallotta)
A New Improved Santa (Wolff)
Careful Santa (Sykes)

Here are a couple of freebies I have created, too:
Time to Trim the Tree is a matching game with times to the 5-min. interval. Cards are for analog clocks, digital clocks, and time words (eight thirty, half past eight).
If you need a quick time filler, I also have a quick word search in my Free Resource Library:
I started using this resource last year. I love the simple, easy-to-use format. The best part is you can pick and choose which pieces you want to use! Thank you Jen Ross (Teacher by the Beach)

I like to read the Snow Globe Family and have the students make a snow globe with a picture of them inside of it. I also like doing a lot of writing projects during December: Elf Wanted and Flat Gingy are two of my favorites.
Happy Holidays!
Emily
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